Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-04-06
INDUSTRIAL BREVITIES.

The recent prohibition Of the expectation Of
horses from Germany, Austria, and Russia
gives additional interest to the following sta
t~iistics, which have been published in tbs Rus
sian Novosti. The number Of horses Ut the
disposal Of the several countries 10 shown by
the following: Germany, 3,20J,OO0; Austria,
3,So0,O00; France, 1900, 900; Russia lin 1882,
1854, 73 TIL chief breeding places for
horses in Germany are in Prussia, Lauen-
burg, Saxony, Alsace-Lorraine, Oldenburg,
and Brunswick. In Austria the majority arc
bred in Hungary, T~ransylvania, and Bukovina;
and in Russia, in Poland, in the Archangel
district, in the Cossack territories, and among
the nomad tribes between Orenburg and AS
trAksn.. Tho following figures show different
departments in the German army In which
III, IA; artillery, 1856, fortress 6,6S0; IN
fantry 42,7t5; engineers, 11,1S4; pioneers,
1880. In the Austrian army &, 075 horses are
in the cavalry during the war, and los, 947 in
other Departmental. The number Of horses
exported from Russia to Germany during the
last four years ID a. follows: 1888, 26,153;
1854, 2l,465; 1885, l5,2C7; 1886, 14,Soe.
ion dealer doing business in Glasgow, Liver
pool, Newcastle, New York, and various other
places, having written to Queen Victoria ask
ing If she would accept as q jubilee present .
cheese to weigh five tons or upward, to be
made from one days milk of $500 Canadian
COWS, uSo I0CCiNcu tuO OlOWllk ICply. DIT
Henry Ponsonby has received the Queens
commando to acknowledge the receipt Of Mr..
T. j. l. pton's letter on the eth inst, and to as
sure him that Her Majesty fully appreciates
the kind and loyal motives which have
prompted it He has, however, to add that
the very great number Of offerings has necesi-
tated the establishment Of q rule that the
Queen should not receive any presents in COM
memoration of her jubilee from private indi-
viduals with whom Her Majesty Is personally
acquainted" But Mr.. Upton gets advertised
just as if the Queen had accepted his fve-ton
Apparently this is to be a jubilee breeding
year. The Lire Stock Journal, Of London, re-
cords the birth Of twenty one I've lambs from
six ewes of the same flock, belonging to the
Swanesey Farming Company, in the course Of
. few hours. Four ewes had three each, one
had four, and one five. A shropshire bree er
reports the production Of one hundred lambs
from fifiy-one ewes. while from the flock dis
tricts generally, excepting Hampshire, records
up to the present are above average. A to
pigs, Mr.. Courtney, Q Dorset breeder, has
been favored with three extraordinary litters
Of n neteen, seventeen and fourteen respect
lively; but Mr.. Hill, Of D.tcheat, tops the rec
ord, having 4 wonderfnl row which has pre-
sented him with twenty-one pigs in . litter,
making tifty-two born OF this fru tful animal
within about twenty months, her two previous
litters having numbered seventeen md four
teen respectively.
The production Of maple sugar in Vermont
this year promises to be much less than the
average yield OF former seasons. b state
annually produces about 100000 pounds,
but the lateness Of the season and prevailing
climate conditions make the prospect Of q
good sugar crop rather poor. The great depth
Of snow everywhere is likely to prove . hin
drance to sugar-making, while the fact thai
there is lttls flost IN the ground prec.udes a
Il nroAk 6nR nj nam In anna niacaa thu anna
houses will not be ope ed ct eli, while In other
sections farmers win not tap their full com.
| plement OF trees. The snow in the woods in
many sections is still from five TO seven feet
deer. All accounts agree that this has beer
the severcst winter for many years The first
snowstOrm occurred about the middle Of No
vember, since which time the sleighing hal
been continuous throughout the greater por.
ton Of the state. ).
The rage for investing in American cattle
ranches which set in . few years ago hal
proved unfortunate to many people in Grea'
| Britain, aud especially in Scotland. The EwaE
i Land and Cattle Company, with an authorized
capital OF 100000, viii, according. TO thu
North British Agricuturisf, have to declare
loss Of Rs7,112, II shillings, 8 pence on tn,
past years operations, at tho annual meeting
to be hold this week. The Prairie Cattle Com
land, has declared q 10 . OF 1857 on the pas
year. With . diminishing area for cattle ant
an increasing population, there seems no rea
son why breeding in America SHOULD not pa,
In the future, but heavy losses will have to b
written of by all, or nearly all, the ranch com
panies before they will be able to show an,
profits, as they bought at q period Of in
Ration.
Herr Schiller, . well-known German archi
tect, reports some facts which are Of interce
az indicating the rap ms OF the circle OF pro
teciion OF good lightning rods On June l
last, at tho village Of Mottingen, lishtnin
struck = pear tree SO feet high. On one side
lis feet away, was a school house with 3 rod
feet high On tho other side was . church
32S feet away, and having q tightning-r no
reaching MP ISL feet Boih rods ale wei
placed, and had worked well when tested, an
the level OF the foot Of the tree IL about th
same 8 that OF the two buildings. II 10 ev1
dent then, IL the facts have been accuratel
reported, that the radius Of the circle Of Pre-
lection v not more than twice the height q
the rod.
A writer in IN eastern paper enumerates d
following advantages and DISADVANTAGES {
mulchin0 orchards, which every owner shou'
consider and decide for himself, aud not 70
low blindly the recommendations Of other
Tho advantages Arc: !, protesting tbs eurfat
from drytug;H y, preventing crushing; 3, pr
venting altoyuAts freezing and thawirg; I. y
cprin( the yooto from dtsguxbanco; :. yepresl
tne wSods;G adttne " fertility. The draw
hseks sre: !. the cost; = hatbori rs mice;
dan0ef * Ars swssping fAfoaeh.